diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes/aspect-properties.txt b/DOCS/interface-changes/aspect-properties.txt
index b705f555fb..79157f5538 100644
--- a/DOCS/interface-changes/aspect-properties.txt
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes/aspect-properties.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 change the underlying type of the `aspect`, `par`, and `sar` sub-properties to double from float
-deprecate setting `--video-aspect-override` to `-1` in favor of the newly added `original` choice
diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index c1ee958182..c4531ad9bf 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ Video
     the window, while ``--video-zoom`` can zoom in or out arbitrary amounts, and
     also works with ``--video-unscaled``.
 
-``--video-aspect-override=<ratio|no|original>``
+``--video-aspect-override=<ratio|no>``
     Override video aspect ratio, in case aspect information is incorrect or
     missing in the file being played.
 
@@ -1593,8 +1593,7 @@ Video
 
     :0:  disable aspect ratio handling, pretend the video has square pixels
     :no: same as ``0``
-    :original: use the video stream or container aspect (default)
-    :-1: same as ``1`` (deprecated)
+    :-1: use the video stream or container aspect (default)
 
     But note that handling of these special values might change in the future.
 
diff --git a/options/m_option.c b/options/m_option.c
index 79a74bd767..098128aa78 100644
--- a/options/m_option.c
+++ b/options/m_option.c
@@ -1119,20 +1119,12 @@ static int parse_double_aspect(struct mp_log *log, const m_option_t *opt,
 
     // Potentially allow -1 but forbid all other negative values.
     if (opt->defval && *(double *)opt->defval == -1) {
-        if (bstr_equals0(param, "original")) {
-            if (dst)
-                VAL(dst) = -1.0;
-            return 1;
-        }
-
         struct bstr rest;
         double val = bstrtod(param, &rest);
         if (bstr_eatstart0(&rest, ":") || bstr_eatstart0(&rest, "/"))
             val /= bstrtod(rest, &rest);
         if (val == -1 && dst) {
             VAL(dst) = -1.0;
-            mp_warn(log, "Setting '%.*s' to '%.*s' is deprecated. "
-                    "Set 'original' instead.\n", BSTR_P(param), BSTR_P(name));
             return 1;
         }
     }